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TUNNEY 3-TO-1 FAVORITE ON EVEOFCLASH Champion and Challenger Finish Training for Title Battle. FAIR WEATHER LIKELY Rickard Sees Big Show as Financial Flivver If Sales Do Not Boom. By Vnited Press NEW YORK, July 25. —Tex Rickard, promoter of battles of the century, was busy today studying two sets of statistics. One of them is a box office statement, the other is the United States Government weather report. When he read “forecast for Thursday, July 26, generally fair and not much change in temperature,” he smiled. When he read “advance seat sale for TunneyHeeney fight—s62s,ooo,” he groaned. Sunny skies alone can keep Rickard from losing money on a prize fight for the first time in his career as a promoter. If Thursday dawns fair and stays that way, the eleventh-hour ticket sale may bring „the total to SBOO,OOO, thereby enabl*ing Rickard to break even. It was announced today that several hundred policemen would be scattered through Yankee Stadium tomorrow night til see that fighting is confined strictly to the ring. Odds Grow Longer In addition, there will be 600 ushers and 250 gatynen, who will pit their wits against One-Eyed Connolly, king of the gate crashers. The betting began to lengthen this morning, and it was reported in Wall Street that 3 to 1 odds, with Tunney on the heavy end, were easy to obtain. Predictions were made that before nightfall the champion would be a 4 to 1 favorite. That doesn’t mean anything. John L. Sullivan was a 6 to 1 favorite when he lost the heavyweight championship to James J. Corbett; Corbett was 5 to 1 when he lost to Bob Fitzsimmons; Fitzsimmons was 5 to 1 when Jim Jeffries whipped him; Jeffries was 2 to 1 when he lost to Jack Johnson. I Tunney himself was (on the short end of 3 to 1 odds the hight he outpointed Jack Dempsey in Philadelphia to win the title. On Scene Thursday Noon Tunney and Heeney will arrive around neen tomorrow from their camps and will go immediately to Madison Square Garden to weigh in. Heeney will sail from Fair Haven, N. J., in a yacht and Tunney will land beside the Statue of Liberty in an amphibian plane. Jim Corbett pro'oably gets a laugh out of that. He used to walk or ride in a horse carriage to his fights. After protesting that airplanes are as safe as railroad trains and refusing for three days to take out insurance, Tunney finally decided to have a policy. So he paid $750 for a $300,000 policy. Billy Gibson, the champion’s manager, is due here today to establish Tunney’s .headquarters and make sure that the purple tights, which the New York State Athletic Commission has ordered Tunney to wear, are the right size. Heeney will have on a red and black costume when he enters the ring. * Tunney Ends Training The champion completed his training yesterday in a blaze of vicious punching. His lips bared back in a half snarl, Tunney beat a murderous tattoo on the bodies of Harold Mays and Billy Vidabeck. There were moments in the champion’s final workout when his style revived memories of Dempsey. Superbly conditioned after two months of intensive training in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains, Tunney relaxed today. The champion spent a quiet night in his isolated hut in the heart of pine-clad mountain tops with Oren Nobles, vagabond painter from Seattle, as his only companion. Up at the break of day, Tunney took a long walk over a mountain trail. Heeney also finished his preparations for the opportunity of his life, confident that he will leave the ring champion of the world Thursday night.

3 in 10 Have IT Bi) United Press NEW YORK, July 25. Richard V. Lewis, partner in the oldest kitchen furnishing concern in New York, ays a man’s chances of getting an ideal wife are three out of ten. He bases his deduction on years of expenjence in watching women choose fittings for their kitchens. “American wives fall into five classes,” Lewis says. “They are home-makers, the ideal type, 30 per cent; jazz, or can-opener type, 20 pei r. nagging type, 15 per cent; drudge type, 20 per cent, and the baby doll type, 15 per cent. “Women are just as interested in their kitchens today as they were in grandmother’s time. Give them good ‘makin’s’ in their kitchens and the percentage of the ideal type will jump.”

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Tune in! Times and WFBM Will Broadcast Big Fight Thursday Night.

npHE Indianapolis Times and WFBM, Indianapolis Power and Light radio station, will broadcast the Tunney-Heeney championship ring battle Thursday night, beginning at approximately 9 o’clock. The main bout only will be broadcast by WFBM. The British Broadcasting Company has asked and received permission to rebroadcast the fight Thursday night through the courtesy of The Times and twenty-five other Scripps-Howard newspapers. The British company, as well as the New Zealand stations, plan to pick up Graham McNamee’s description of the bout through the short wave transmitter of WGY at Schenectady, and rebcoadcast it on the regular wave band. This addition to the American and Canadian stations already hooked up on the National Broadcasting Company system for the ’Scripps-Howard broadcast will set a record ior coverage of a sport event. The main bout Is expected to start at 9 p. m. Indianapolis time. A number of the stations will hook up at 8 p. m. for the preliminaries, while others will not come on until 9 p. m. unless the main bcut should start before that time. Stations to broadcast beginning at 8 are: WEAF, New York. WEEI. Boston. WTIC. Hartford. WJAR. Providence. WTAG. Worcester. WCSH. Portland. WFI. Philadelphia. WRC. Washington. WGY. Schenectady. WGR. Buffalo. WCAE. Pittsburgh. WTAM, Cleveland ■VWJ. Detroit. WGN, Chicago. WRVA. Richmond. WSAI. Cincinnati. Stations to broadcast at 9 p. m., Os earlier, if the main bout should start before, are: WFBM. Indpls. WFAA. Dallas. KOA, Denver. WOAI, San Antonio. WCCO, Minneapolis. WBT, Charlotte. WCCO. St. Paul. WJAX. Jacksonville. WSM, Nashville. WMBH. Joplin. WOE. Davenport. WEDH. Erie. Pa. WOW. Omaha. WBRC. Birmingham. KVOO. Tulsa. WNOX. Knoxville. RPRC. Houston. CKNG, Toronto. WMC, Memphis. KSL, Salt Lake. WEBC. Superior. WSB. Atlanta. WDBO. Orlando, Fla. KPO. San Francisco. WPG. Atlantic City. KGO. San Francisco. WTMJ. Milwaukee. KGW. Portland. WHAS, Louisville. KOKO. Seattle. KSO. St. Louis. KHO. Spokane. WHO. Des Moines. KFI. Los Aneeles. jVDAF. Kansas City. Indianapolis theaters, through the courtesy of the Times and the United Press, will give their patrons the fight, blow by blow. The theaters using the Times and United Press service will be tjie Berkell Players at English’s, Stuart Walker Company at Keith’s, Loew’s Palace, the circle and the Indiana. The Apollo will have a special telegraph wire and the returns will be read into Vitaphone by Captain Howard Clark of Ft. Harrison.

BANDIT FOUND School Principal Gets Auto Used in Battle. The Studebaker coach taken from L. T. Stafford, Milroy, Ind., school principal, by bandits the night of July 16 on the Pendleton Pike south of Anderson, was returned to Stafford today by George L. Winkler, deputy dry administrator. The car was turned over to Winkler by deputy sheriffs who found it Saturday in a woods on the Meyers farm near Shadeiand. In the car, when found, were several cases of Canadian ale, similar to liquor found in the Buick car owned by Bryant Sando, Indtanapolis, also taken by the bandits July 16. Bryant’s car was used by the bandits in the battle with police in which one bandit was killed and the other fatally injured. Stafford made an affidavit he knew nothing of the liquor found in his car. Winkler said he had learned Stafford reported loss of his car and went with the Madison County sheriff the night of the theft to look for the bandits. Aids at 14,424 Births By United Press PARIS, July 25.—Georgina'Swift, midwife of Calais, was presented .with a gold medal by the Government today because during fortyeight years she had aided at the birth of 14,424 child’-n.

JUDGE BANS BAD BILL COLLECTIONS IN COURT Will Be Prosecuted, Justices Announce. Declaring war on the practice of using the Criminal Courts as a collection agency, Deputy Prosecutor John Cay lor today filed charges of compounding a felony against A. D. Warren, 205 N. Delaware St. The charges were later dropped in Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter’s court. Caylor alleged that Warren had filed a bad check charge against C. R. Grey, R R. 1., Box 398, a farmer, who gave Warren a $lO bad check for seed purchased. When Gray paid the seed bill the charges were dropped, Caylor said. This practice of collecting bills has become general and must cease, he declared, and announced that in the future persons using this method wifi be prosecuted.

100,000 TO HEAR SMITH ATALBANY Outline Plans to Handle Huge Crowds for Speech of Accepance. TRAFFIC WILL HALT Address to Be Made From Platform at Capital; Run Special Trains. By United Press ALBANY, N. Y., July 25.—With Governor Alfred E. Smith ready to launch formally his presidential campaign as Democratic standard bearer Aug. 1 22, plans for handling the enormous crowds expected here that night, were begun today by the city administration and members of the Democratic national committee. A platform will be erected half way up the eastern stairway of the capital, from which the Governor will make his acceptance speech. 100,000 May Hear Behind him, special tiers of seats will be set for the guests of the occasion, while an amplifying system will be set up through Capital Park and Academy Park, directly north of it, so that every word the chief executive utters will be audible to the 100,000 or more persons expected to be jammed in the parks. If the park area north of*the capital, is completed in time, the amplifying system will also be extended through it. Word was received here today that the railroads are completing plans for operating special trains into and out of the city, while steamboat and in ter urban companies are planning an extended service. Hotel reservations began pouring in today, one request being for a block of fifty rooms. Loud in Hotels All traffic within the area ardund the Capitol will be stopped half an hour or more before the ceremony begins at 7 p. m. and to preserve order the city police will be augmented by a company of battalion of the National Guard and several companies of the State police. A battery of flood lights will il - luminate the speaker’s stand on thi Capitol steps, so that the entire scene will be visible from the two parks. The city committee today had under advisement a joint request of all the hotels of the city that the loud speaker system be extended to their lobbies so that in the event of bad weather their guests may hear the speeches without exposure to bad weather.

Seek Youths’ Support Bn United Press NEW YORK, July 25.—Democratic leaders are planning a special campaign to win the young voter’s support for Governor Alfred E. Smith. This includes those in the "draft age,” between 21 and 30 years of age, with special emphasis upon the youngsters who will vote for the first time. The idea of a special appeal for the younger generation’s vote came here in a letter from a western leader who traveled extensively and reported strong support for Smith among the young people in the West. Veteran leaders who have grown up with Smith, and know something of psychology through long experience in politics, say he has a particular appeal to the youngsters. They plan to stress the New York Governor’s personality to reach this voting class, which is always sizable and whose party preference is doubtful. DENIES FALL RANCH BUY “Tex” Rickard Says He Is Not Seeking “Property Down That Way.” EJJ United Press NEW YORK, July 25.—“ Nope, I’m not buying any property down that way,” Tex Rickard said today when asked about reports that he was negotiating for purchase of Albert B. Pall’s ranch near El Paso.

CONSIDER OCEAN HOP Pacific Fliers Plan to Cross Atlantic. SYDNEL, Australia, July 25. The first men to fly from mainland to mainland across the Pacific ocean are contemplating a trip by air across the Atlantic in the near future, it was learned here. Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles T. P. Ulm, pilots of the monoplane, Southern Cross, on its flight across the Pacific from the United States to Australia, have progressed so far with their plans that they are conside 'ng abandonment of the Southern Cross, it was said. , They hope to span the Atlantic in a single motored plane of the type used by Colonel Charles Lindbergh in his New York-to-Paris flight, it was learned from an authentic source. The Southern Cross is a trl-motared <ite

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Contrast By United Press LONDON, July 25.—London and central and southern England generally passed the seventeenth rainless day today—the longest drought since that of 25 days in July, 1911. In some western and southwestern districts there has been no rain for 22 days. Today's temperature here was 72. By United Press SYDNEY, Australia, July 25. —While there was a foot of snow in the interior of New South Wales today, floods elsewhere disrupted several railways.

WORLEY URGES BRAKETESTING Asks Citizens to Join Safety Drive July 30. Contending that 10 per cent of the 73,000 automobiles on the streets of Indianapolis have inefficient brakes, Police Chief Claude M. Worley today urged all citizens to cooperate with the police and Hoosier Motor Club in the annual brake test to be held July 30 to Aug. 11, “It is startling to consider that there are on our streets every day more than 7,000 cars which cannot stop at the proper time," Worley said. “The ten days brake inspection should rid the streets of this menace temporarily, but it should also be remembered that brakes need attention periodically. “No arrests will be made on the day the car is tested, but the owner will be arrested if he does not have his brakes fixed and report back to the police.” There have been 2,479 automobile accidents in the city since the first of the year, which killed fifty-one and injured 1,259 persons.

SHUMAKER EVASIVE Jokes About Jail Sentence, Withholds Plans. By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 25. Attorney General Arthur L. Gilllom today filed an amended complaint against E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Anti-Sa-lon League. Today’s affidavit, like the former one, was based on Gilliom’s allegation that violated the corrupt practices act when he allegedly termed Gilliom “wet of record.” Waiting reporters were all attention when E. S. Shumaker, Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent, emerged from a conference with friends at league headquarters today to extend his hand and remark: “Well, I’m going to jail.” But before newspapermen could reach for telephones, the dry leader, who is pondering appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the Indiana Supreme Court’s edict that he must pay a fine of $250 and serve sixty days on the Indiana State Farm for contempt, added: “I was only joking. There will be no statement today; I didn’t want to keep you waiting.” Shumaker said his conferers were not the members of the headquar ters committee in whose hands he has placed his course of action, but described them as “just some of my' men.”

REVIVE BUS SERVICE Greyhound Lines Ordered Back on Old Schedule to Thorntown. Four round-trips were started by busses again today to Thorntown on order of Frank E. Singleton, chairman of the public service commission in answer to complaint of Thorntown that the town had been isolated when the Greyhound bus lines cut out three of the trips. Singleton ordered the bus lines to resume regular schedules to the town, which is without railroad or traction passenger service. Found Dead in Bed John McGee, 65, was found dead in bed this morning in his room at 1600 S. Dakota St. Death was due to heart disease, according to Dr. Claude E. Haven, deputy coroner. Police were attempting to find a brother, thought to be in the city, and the, only relative surviving him. HUNDREDS FIGHT FIRES RAGING IN MANITOBA Winnipeg, 500 Miles Away, Under Pall of Smoke. By United Press WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 25Forest rangers fought throughout last night in efforts to check two score brush fires raging in the northern mining district of Manitoba. Every available hydroplane of the Royal Canadian air force had been concentrated near the Pas to carry additional men and equipment to the scene of the fires. Winnipeg, 500 miles from, the scene, was wrapped in smoke all day yesterday and the smoke drifted s. uthward as far as the Dakoats and Minnesota. Some 3,000 miners are scattered throughout the affected area. It is believed the blazes were caused by prospectors burning off brush to aid

CHARGE SHIFT DELAYS SKEEN TRIAL J FALL State Gets New Indictment Alleging Waitress Jumped Through Fear. PARALLELS STEVE CASE Open Hearing as Soon as Possible :.1 Early Part of September. Trial of Carl Skeen, 22, of 814 Foltz Ave., for murder, was delayed until September today, when the State shifted for a second time Its theory of the death of Mrs. Pearl Jarboe, 24, waitress, for which he is accused. The new theory, that fear of Skeen and his intentions caused her to leap from his speeding automobile June 12, at Colorado Ave. and E. Sixteenth St., became the State’s weapon when anew indictment was returned by the grand jury today. Since arraignment and other preliminaries must precede trial on the new charge of first degree murder, the case could not be set down for trial this term, giving Skeen the speedy Justice promised at his arrest in Denver, Colo., several days after the death of his victim. Makes Second Shift Criminal Judge James A. Collins offered to set the trial for next Monday, giving up three days of his own vacation period, but Attorneys Earl Cox and Thomas C. Whallon for Skeen said they could not be ready ior trial by that time. The new indictment brings the Skeen case even closer to the D. C. Stephenson trial for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. In that, the charge was that fear of Stephenson and remorse for the night train ride to Hammond caused her to attempt suicide by taking poison. The first indictment against Skeen charged him with involuntary manslaughter, speclflcaty that he "upon a sudden heat, but without malice,” struck and mortally wounded Mrs. Jarboe, pushing her from the car. The second charged malice and premeditation and forceful pushing of the woman from the automobile. The second shift In the State’s case today takes the theory that it was fear that prompted the woman to leap from the car. . A second count in the indictment also charges Skeen with pushing her from the automobile, giving the State two theories if may pursue when the trial comes. , No Effort for Bail

Prosecutor William H. Remy and Chief Deputy Judson L. Stark said the trial will be set as early in September as possible. Efforts to obtain bail for Skeen were not pushed. First degree murder, with which he is charged, is not bailable. Stark said the wording of the indictment against Stephenson was used in some places in the latest Skeen Indictment, because the charge against the grand dragon went into details so fully along the line the State probably will pursue in the prosecution. The newer charge is that Skeen on the pretense of taking Mrs. Jarboe to a doctor for a slight ailment of which she had complained, lured her into his automobile and then refused to go to the doctor. TALK CAMPAIGN FUNDS State Democratic Leaders Discuss Finances. The fiancial side of the Democratic campaign in Indiana was discussed at State headquarters at the Claypool this morning by R. Earl Peters, Democratic State chairman; William J. Mooney, director of finance for Indiana; Leßoy J. Keach, Marion County chairman, and Frank C. Dailey, Democratic nominee for Governor. Peters will address a Ninth District organization meeting tonight at Tipton. CAR HEAT UP? REED-HERR CO. clean radiators.—Advertisement NO BUSINESS SLUMP Al and Hoover Declared ‘Safe” by Expert. By United Press NEW YORK, July 25.—With such candidates as Hoover and Smith in the presidential race, business has no reason for “presidential year” depression. Alexander Dana Noyes, economist and financial observer, writes in the current issue of Scribner’s Magazine. Noyes says that presidential years have not alwaysl been years of slow trade and should not be so. It is a superstition existing the business world, he says, and those who don’t believe it themselves make allowances for those who do. Hourly Temperatures 7 a. m.... 69 11 a. m 84 Ba. m.... 75 12 (noon).. 86 9 a. m.... 81 1 p. m.... 85 10 . a... 4i

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Nobody's Beer By United Press SHELBYVILLE, Ind., July 25.—Five hundred bottles of beer feund in a weed patch on farm north of here are without an owner. Both the owner and tenant of the farm having disclaimed it after seizure by police.

PULAR HOP PLANNED Wilkins, Eilson Prepare to Race Byrd. By Vnited Press OMAHA, Nebr., July 25.—Captain Sir George Wilkins and Carl Ben Eilson, Arctic explorers, expect to start preparations for a South Polar flight in about a month, they said here. The two arrived here last night in the plane in which they flew over the North Pole. Wilkins left early today for the west coast and Eilson left a short time later for Minneapolis. They will be separated about a month and then will start their polar flight plans, they said. Wilkins said he expects to leave New York about Oct. 15 for Graham’s Land. Both expressed the belief that Roald Amundsen, who went to the aid of the crew of the dirigible Italia, is dead.

HIKE HERE FROM TEXAS: TWO WOMEN ARE HELD Hubby’s Mandolin Playing Palls, Sends One of Pair on Road. Two weary, dust-covered figures in overalls, their bobbed hair and ill-concealed beads revealing their sex, lounged in the matron’s office at police station today with the promise of the first square meal “in a long time.” They gave their names as Mrs Hattie Hellberg Kechie, 22, of 1703 W. Washtnaw Ave., Chicago, and Miss Fern Thompson, 20, of South Bend, Texas., who disguised in male attire and set out last Saturday from South Bend, Texas, to reach Chicago afoot. Lifts in automobiles got them into Indianapolis today, where they came under the scrutiny of Traffic Officer Alva Lee at Capitol Ave. and Market St. At the station they said the trip was occasioned by Mrs. Kechie’s dissatisfaction with her husband’s employment as mandolin player and violin repairman in Texas. They were held while parents were informed.

DETECTIVES ON WAY TO BRING BACK GHERE Haag Murder Suspect Arraigned in West on Robbery Charge. While two city detectives, William Rugenstein and Harry McGlenn are en route to California armed with extradition papers for Lawrence Ghere, wanted here for the murder of Wilkinson Haag, May 4, 1926, Ghere and a companion, Nelson Chittick, were arraigned on robbery charges at San Francisco. They are suspected of being members of an international jewel theft ring. California authorities have expressed willingness to let Ghere return here to face the murder charge,. Bantam Bandit Rob* Bank REESE, Mich., July 25.—A bandit weighing not more than 125 pounds today held up the State bank here,

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Church Leaders Plead With Mayor to Press Campaign. Dr. C. H. Winders and Dr. Ernest N. Evans, Indianapolis Church Federation representatives, today conferred with Mayor L. Ert Slack upon gambling condition in the city. Winders said the police drive on baseball pool selling had “just hit the surface,” and that promoters are continuing to sell the pr-** tickets. “Representatives of the pools even call at your home and offer to sell the tickets. Such gambling is extremely hard on poor people who need their money for other uses,” Dr. Winders said. Negro Citizens Appeal The minister said his interest in suppressing gambling and baseball pools was aroused when a delegation of Negro citizens appealed to him to visit Mayor Slack and Police Chief Claude M. Worley. He said the delegation members gave him the names of several persons who are operating the pools on a wide scale. “I did not take the names, but told them that I would give thp mayor an opportunity to talk with them directly. The occasional winning of a relatively large sum of money caused great excitement in the poor communities and proves an incentive for them to buy chances," he said. Slack Will Seek More Data “I am interested in Dr. Winders’ complaint and will confer further with him on the gambling matter. I probably will seek an interview with the Negro citizens who talked with him,” Slack said. Slack denounced “paid protection” for gamblers and other underworld characters at the start of his administration. Police Chifef Worley has been conducting a drive on gambling for several weeks.

PLANES SAVE SICK BOY Warships, Radio, Airmen Join to Bring Lad to Hospital. By United Press PEKIN, July 25.—Arthur, nine-year-old son of Captain and Mrs. Patrick J. Madigan of the United States Medical Corps, owes his life to United States warships, wireless and airplanes. The boy became ill of appendicitis while aboard a German steamer off Taku bar, near Tientsin. The United States ship Trenton radioed to the United States Marine Corps at Hsin-Ho and told them of Arthur’s plight. Two amphibian planes immediately despatched to the steamer, the boy taken aboard and carried to the Army hosptial at Tientsin, where he was successfully operated upon. CLUB HEARS DAILEY Talks to Kiwanians on Al and Hoover. Alfred E. Smith and Herbert C. Hoover, the presidential nominees, are proof by eminence of their positions that “the United States is stlil the land of opportunity," declared Frank C. Dailey, Democratic nominee for Governor, addressing the Kiwanis Clut at the Claypool today on “Boys.” Smith, born in a New York tenement house, the son of a dairyman, and Hoover, born in West Branch, la., the son of a blacksmith, “are two men from poor families, whose beginnings were obscure, who were orphaned in early years, struggled through boyhood, who as men, worked with their hands and who looked to have no chance,” Dailey said. “Yet one or the other is to be the next President." ■■

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ROCKEFELLER LOSES BATTLE TO STEWART Chairman Gains Control of 51 Per Cent of Stock in Indiana Standard. CRUSHER FOR JOHN D. Colonel Left Free to Link Resources Closer With Sinclair. By United Press , NEW YORK, July 25.—The New York World says today that Col. Robert W. Stewart had checkmated John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s efforts to force him out of the chairmanship of the $500,000,000 Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The WoNd says its authority for that statement is from an “unimpeachable source” and that Stewart had gained control of 51 per cent of the stock of the company, which he now controls by direct ownership or proxy. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., recently demanded Stewart’s resignation after the colonel had defied the Senate investigating committee which sought to examine him in connection with the deals of the Continental Trading Company. Battle of Giants The fight settled down to a titanic financial battle between the Rockefeller family and Stewart, former South Dakota attorney and Roosevelt Rough Rider, for control of the Indiana corporation, the world’s largest gasoline refiner. Rockefeller said Stewart had promised him he would resign if called upon to do so by Rockefeller, When Rockefeller lost confidence in the chairman, however, and demanded that he give up leadership of the corporation, Stewart refused. John D. Small Owner He was re-elected to the chairmanship with Rockefeller withheldIng his votes. Rockefeller owns only 14.9 per cent of the corporation’s stock. If Colonel Stewart has won- Ms fight, the defeat is the most crushing Rockefeller has ever suffered in his long and brilliant business career. It leaves Stewart in control to complete, if he desires a possible tightening of th# alliance between his corporation and the companies of Harry F. Sinclair, with whom he was associated in the mysterious deals of the Continental Trading Company, whose profits found their way into the coffers of the Republican party in 1921.

No Word From Stewart Bit United Press CASPER, Wyo., July 25.—C01. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, here on art inspection trip, could not be reached to comment on reports from New York that he had gained control of a majority of the stock in the company. Stewart, ac<*>mpanied by his board of directors, arrived here last night by airplane from Kansas City. Early today he left for the company’s fields and said he would not return to Casper until late tonight. The party left Kansas City in the tri-motored plane “Stanolind” at 12:30 p. m., and arrived here at 7:15 p. m. Included in Stewart’s party are T. O. Seupert, president; Allen Jackson, R. H. McElroy, E. G. Bullock, general manager Humphreys, General Attorney Stevens, and Director of Industrial Relations Curry. LEAVES ~FOFMHONOLULU Secretary of War Davis to Attend Sesquicentennial Fete. Bi! United Press WASHINGTON, July 25.—Secretary of War Davis will leave New York today for Honolulu to attend the celebration of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, the War Department announced today. Stops en route will be made in Chicago, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Denver, Colo. On the Pacific coast Davis will inspect March Field, Cal., and the military post at San Diego, before sailing from San Francisco Aug. 6 aboard the U. S. S. Pennsylvania. Vibrator Restores Sight By United Press PASSAIC, N. J., July 25.—Leo G. De Bremont, who lost his sight two months ago while motoring, regained it when a barber’s electric vibrator passed over his forehead.

For Cat’s Sake By United Press JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 25. —A pet cat with a bad case of fleas brought out the fire department today and caused hundreds of patrons to rush from a smoke-filled downtown store. The store manager told firemen of the cat’s misfortune and of how he helped to remedy the condition by lighting a dozen sulphur candles in the cat’s basement home. When firemen, equipped with gas masks, reached the candles, the cat had disappeared.